The “family values” politician tried to say he was mentoring the teen, telling officers they were “just hanging out, talking about life. He couldn’t graduate high school, and [I’m] trying to help him get his life on track.”

Shortey then reveals that there are drugs in the hotel room — they were apparently smoking marijuana together — to which the officer responds, “Getting high with a young kid, whatever, is a bad idea.”

A senior member of Donald Trump’s campaign team in Oklahoma, Shortey, who was married with four children, repeatedly voted against LGBTQ rights during his time in office.

He was initially charged with child sex trafficking, soliciting a minor to engage in a commercial sex act, transportation of child pornography, and production of child pornography.

Those latter two charges stemmed from Shortey allegedly sharing videos involving a “prepubescent girl” and young boys, as well as convincing a minor to share inappropriate images with him.

Shortey agreed to plead guilty to child sex trafficking — with a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison — as it was “in my best interest and in the best interest of my family,” according to the plea paperwork.

“Mr. Shortey feels this is a necessary step in putting this painful and humiliating ordeal behind him, for both himself, his family and for the state of Oklahoma,” his defense attorney Ed Blau said at the time.